{
  "name": "Plankton swimmers: body length, swimming speed and Reynolds number in water at 20 °C",
  "desc": "Body lengths and swimming speeds of planktonic swimmers from the sources named in each row, with the Reynolds number in water at 20 °C computed for this page",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Ants, Cells & Atoms",
  "url": "https://antscellsandatoms.com/microscopic-life/plankton/",
  "from": [
    "values typed from the sources listed in data_credit; Re computed with IAPWS R12-08 viscosity and a provisional density of 998.2 kg/m³"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Ants, Cells & Atoms from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "Sizes and speeds: Lisicki M, Velho Rodrigues MF, Goldstein RE, Lauga E 2019, eLife 8:e44907, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44907; Seuront L 2011, PLoS ONE 6:e26283, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026283; Kiørboe T et al. 2010, Journal of the Royal Society Interface 7:1591 (abstract), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2010.0176, retrieved 2026-10-24",
    "Viscosity of water: International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam, IAPWS R12-08 (2008), https://iapws.org/technical-guidance/release/viscosity; Reynolds numbers computed 2026-10-24",
    "GBIF Secretariat 2023, GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei, CC BY 4.0, accessed via api.gbif.org on 2026-10-24"
  ]
}